From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City officials and shelter providers are racing to find enough space before winter for hundreds of families displaced by the May tornado. And with so much need, they’re considering some unconventional options. Officials have examined downtown office buildings, including the AT&T tower, talked to at least one hotel owner, and reached […]
A new political action committee funded by the national Republican Party won a delay Thursday in a trial over the effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional district map. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green’s decision to postpone the hearing and transfer the case to a new judge unleashed a storm of […]
From The Associated Press: Richard Andre Newman thought he would live the rest of his life in his quiet, leafy neighborhood in suburban Virginia. He was born and raised in Bren Mar Park, where children ride their bikes and neighbors wave hello. But now, as he’s approaching 60, he’s considering selling his Fairfax County home […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The community initiative to redevelop a golf course in north St. Louis County has found a lead donor in technology company Emerson, to the tune of $7 million. Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR), which before its move to Clayton earlier this year had long been headquartered in North County, will contribute $7 […]
BRIGHTON - Congratulations to the following Class of 2026 students who were selected as Illinois State Scholars: Gage Alexander, Ava Ballard, Bram Beuttel, Taylor Cairns, Madelyn Egelhoff, Madelyn Gordon, Wyatt Lahr, Miranda Lenger, Kinley Lucas, and Amelia Walden. These top-performing high school seniors are selected by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission based on their ACT or SAT test scores and class rank.
From Construction Dive: Macroeconomic pressures coupled with inflated project costs are weighing on developers’ appetite for new construction planning, according to Dodge Construction Network. After a streak of record-setting months, the pipeline of future nonresidential construction shrank in October. The Dodge Momentum Index, which tracks nonresidential projects entering the planning stages and leads actual construction […]
After releasing his memoir in 2024, Alex Van Halen is getting ready to release another book, which will surely excite Van Halen fans.The rocker revealed on Instagram that he has…
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is restoring full USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits now that the federal government shutdown has ended. IDHS anticipates that the remaining benefit payments will be made over the coming days, with all SNAP recipients receiving their full November benefits by Nov. 20. The lapse in SNAP funding created unnecessary hardship for 1.9 million Illinoisans and businesses who rely on this federally funded program.
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Demolition crews have begun tearing down the long-shuttered Millennium Hotel at 200 S. 4th Street, marking a major step forward for one of downtown St. Louis’ most prominent redevelopment sites. The nearly 60-year-old complex, which includes a 28-story tower completed in 1968 and a second tower added in […]
From Bloomberg CityLab: This article is adapted from Benjamin Schneider’s new book, The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution (Island Press, Oct. 21). At the grand opening of New York City’s Woolworth Building in 1913, then the world’s tallest structure at 792 feet in height, a Brooklyn minister christened the neo-Gothic tower “the cathedral of […]
ST. LOUIS — Gateway Arch Park Foundation (“the Foundation”) announced today that demolition is officially underway at the former Millennium Hotel site at 200 S. 4th St., marking yet another step forward for this downtown development. As the structures come down, the Foundation is launching a story-collecting initiative to honor and preserve the countless memories held at the former hotel, in all its iterations. The Foundation’s demolition partner, Spirtas Wrecking Company
Major League Soccer owners voted Thursday to shift the league's season to a late-summer to spring calendar in 2027, bringing it more in line with its international counterparts.
OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS – On the day before Veterans Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a lost Purple Heart medal to the niece of a World War II veteran who was injured while fighting in France and Germany. Frerichs reunited Army Rifleman James R. Bennett’s medal with niece Patti Knies during a ceremony at VFW Post 5220 in Oak Lawn. It is the 17th lost medal Frerichs has returned as part of Operation Purple Heart , an unprecedented mission to reunite the military
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